Hosea
Hosea 1:1-9
Most books in the bible the lord spoke through a prophet to deliver his message. With Hosea God used him to deliver his message through the way Hosea lived of his life! God told Hosea to marry a prostitute, name your children "not loved" and "not my people".
All throughout the bible God had an amazing heart for marriage and weddings. He described heaven as a wedding feast. God took the sacred union that he created and used it to make a profound statement through Hosea's life!
God describes Israel by the way Gommer lived! Hosea 2:4-8
Gommer was unfaithful and Israel was unfaithful! Hosea 2:13
Just like Hosea knew what Gommer was going to do to him when he married her; God knew what Israel was going to do as well and he still chose Israel!
Gommer was unfaithful, Israel was unfaithful and we are unfaithful!
Romans 1:21-27; Romans 3:23
Gommer was a broken bride and we are a broken bride as well.
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Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Monday, January 22, 2018
The Hope Of The Gospel
The Hope Of The Gospel
Colossians 1:3-7
Paul's says your faith and love spring from your hope! The hope of heaven is motivating. God intends for the gospel to provide us unfailing hope!
Acts 8:26-40
The Eunuch was a noble, a man of stature. He was seeking earnestly to know and come closer to God!
The Eunuch was not able to go into the temple that he had traveled to in Jerusalem
Deuteroronmy 23:1; Isaiah 56:1-8
Acts 8:32-40 why did the Eunuch struggle over this passage? "Who can speak of his descendants". The Eunuch could relate to who Isaiah was speaking about.
1 Peter 1:18-21 Jesus being the sacrifice was always Gods plan.
Forgiveness is a denial of justice! The cross is not about justice or fairness. The cross was unfair!
We have to connect to the cross! We connect and then disconnect. We have to stay connected!
Acts 8:36-40
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Colossians 1:3-7
Paul's says your faith and love spring from your hope! The hope of heaven is motivating. God intends for the gospel to provide us unfailing hope!
Acts 8:26-40
The Eunuch was a noble, a man of stature. He was seeking earnestly to know and come closer to God!
The Eunuch was not able to go into the temple that he had traveled to in Jerusalem
Deuteroronmy 23:1; Isaiah 56:1-8
Acts 8:32-40 why did the Eunuch struggle over this passage? "Who can speak of his descendants". The Eunuch could relate to who Isaiah was speaking about.
1 Peter 1:18-21 Jesus being the sacrifice was always Gods plan.
Forgiveness is a denial of justice! The cross is not about justice or fairness. The cross was unfair!
We have to connect to the cross! We connect and then disconnect. We have to stay connected!
Acts 8:36-40
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Joy To The World!
Joy To The World!
How many of us feel joyful everyday? It very easy to feel joyful on certain days and very difficult on other days. We associate joy with our circumstances and the feeling of happiness! Joy is n the bible is so much more. It is quite different from the worlds definition!
Where does true christmas joy come from? The Joy found in christianity!
Luke 2:8-11
"Good news" and "Great joy"! If your looking for true joy you just found it. A savior has been born. Our destiny has been changed! Grace has been given!
The Jews knew where this savior was going to come from. Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1-6
Its not about what you know as much as what you do with what you know! The Pharisees never went to Bethlehem to check out the prophecy of Jesus birth. Common Shepherds knew and acted on it!
Luke describes Jesus as Savior, Christ, and Lord! We all desperately need a savior. True joy comes through surrendering to that fact! When you surrender and make Jesus lord your circumstances matter less. Joy is no longer only associated with happiness.
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How many of us feel joyful everyday? It very easy to feel joyful on certain days and very difficult on other days. We associate joy with our circumstances and the feeling of happiness! Joy is n the bible is so much more. It is quite different from the worlds definition!
Where does true christmas joy come from? The Joy found in christianity!
Luke 2:8-11
"Good news" and "Great joy"! If your looking for true joy you just found it. A savior has been born. Our destiny has been changed! Grace has been given!
The Jews knew where this savior was going to come from. Micah 5:2; Matthew 2:1-6
Its not about what you know as much as what you do with what you know! The Pharisees never went to Bethlehem to check out the prophecy of Jesus birth. Common Shepherds knew and acted on it!
Luke describes Jesus as Savior, Christ, and Lord! We all desperately need a savior. True joy comes through surrendering to that fact! When you surrender and make Jesus lord your circumstances matter less. Joy is no longer only associated with happiness.
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Who will you be in 2018?
Who will you be in 2018?
We serve a God that loves Holidays! He created multiple days in the jewish calendar to help his people remember him. He is a God of new beginnings! Fresh starts and second chances!
David is a great example of who we change from one year to the next.
1 Samuel 17:48-49; 2 Samuel 11:1. As a young man David was ready and eager to fight, as an older man he stayed home and let others fight the battle. Why?
Who ever you are today is not who you have to be tomorrow. God has given all of us a second chance. If like David you have lost your way and have not been as eager to serve God you can change and God allows you to start over!
Later in Davids life he became comfortable. His priorities changed. It was easier to leave a bed among sheep and go to war than it was to leave a bed in the palace and go to war! David probably felt that someone else could do it. David gave into the sin in his heart and the lust of his eyes and chose not to be the man that God called him to be!
What changed for David? In the chapter before David was still fighting and leading Gods people. So how did it happen? His heart slowly drifted away. Actions may stay the same for awhile and yet the heart may not be drifting away. Eventually your actions will follow your heart! You have to guard your heart! Proverbs 4:23
David drifted in his heart because he forgot who God ways. He became comfortable just living a good life. He lost his zeal and passion for serving God.
As a shepherd it is easy to live humbly. As a king, worshiped by everyone, its hard to remain humble. When David was a shepherd he lived in humility. When David became King he lived in honor and pleasure! David forgot where he came from and who blessed him with all of the success that he was blessed with!
We become spiritually inactive when our hearts stray from God. Davids sin began with inactivity and then became much, much worse!
Choosing to sit out of the battle is a false choice. You are in a battle whether you want to be or not! Ephesians 5:10-12
Who will you choose to be this year? Like David we all have the chance to repent! David chose to repent!
Decide today who you will be tomorrow! Make the changes that you need to make. Repent in the areas that you need to repent! Accept the gift of grace that God has given you. Accept the power of the cross and allow it to change your life!
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We serve a God that loves Holidays! He created multiple days in the jewish calendar to help his people remember him. He is a God of new beginnings! Fresh starts and second chances!
David is a great example of who we change from one year to the next.
1 Samuel 17:48-49; 2 Samuel 11:1. As a young man David was ready and eager to fight, as an older man he stayed home and let others fight the battle. Why?
Who ever you are today is not who you have to be tomorrow. God has given all of us a second chance. If like David you have lost your way and have not been as eager to serve God you can change and God allows you to start over!
Later in Davids life he became comfortable. His priorities changed. It was easier to leave a bed among sheep and go to war than it was to leave a bed in the palace and go to war! David probably felt that someone else could do it. David gave into the sin in his heart and the lust of his eyes and chose not to be the man that God called him to be!
What changed for David? In the chapter before David was still fighting and leading Gods people. So how did it happen? His heart slowly drifted away. Actions may stay the same for awhile and yet the heart may not be drifting away. Eventually your actions will follow your heart! You have to guard your heart! Proverbs 4:23
David drifted in his heart because he forgot who God ways. He became comfortable just living a good life. He lost his zeal and passion for serving God.
As a shepherd it is easy to live humbly. As a king, worshiped by everyone, its hard to remain humble. When David was a shepherd he lived in humility. When David became King he lived in honor and pleasure! David forgot where he came from and who blessed him with all of the success that he was blessed with!
We become spiritually inactive when our hearts stray from God. Davids sin began with inactivity and then became much, much worse!
Choosing to sit out of the battle is a false choice. You are in a battle whether you want to be or not! Ephesians 5:10-12
Who will you choose to be this year? Like David we all have the chance to repent! David chose to repent!
Decide today who you will be tomorrow! Make the changes that you need to make. Repent in the areas that you need to repent! Accept the gift of grace that God has given you. Accept the power of the cross and allow it to change your life!
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